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his story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen here on Fold3. Can you help write these stories? Related to this, there will be a smartphone app that will allow people to visit any war memorial or cemetery, scan the fallen's name and read his/her story.
Timeline
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Gold Star
Service Number
O-1296331
Service Date
Jan 29, 1941
Award- Jun 6, 1944
Purple Heart
11km west of Hiesville, France
Bronze Star
Jun 6, 1944
Normandy, France
Bronze Star
Jun 6, 1944
Normandy, France
Casualty- Jun 6, 1944
KIA, Paratrooper transport destroyed by AA ground fire
11 km west of Hiesville, France
Death- Jun 6, 1944
France
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